earnings
noun
earnings is spelled E-A-R-N-I-N-G-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, earnings means “Wages, money earned, income” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in earnings?
| Letters | 8: E-A-R-N-I-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,521st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is earnings?
Earnings appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce earnings?
Earnings has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-earnings.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does earnings mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Wages, money earned, income.
- 2
Business profits.
- 3
Gains on investments; returns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Earnings in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | revenus |
| German | Einkommen, Verdienst, Lohn , Ertrag |
| Portuguese | renda |
| Spanish | ganancia, devengo, cobramiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does earnings come from?
From earning + -s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).